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Deadly weekend for pedestrians as Colorado deaths reach all-time high

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It was a deadly weekend for pedestrians across the Denver metro area with five people killed in car crashes, four of those being pedestrians.Metro area police reported deadly car crashes involving pedestrians at the following locations:Bowles Avenue near Santa Fe DriveE. Colfax Avenue and Children's WayMorrison Road and S. Sheridan Boulevard40th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard“This continually happens,” Denver safety advocate Allen Cowgill said. “It's typically on the same roads, places like Federal, Colorado, and Colfax.” Parker police step up traffic enforcement Cowgill speaks out for safer streets from the heart.“A friend from church, Tim Campbell, was hit and killed on West Colfax,” Cowgill said. “My neighbor Gary was hit by a driver that kind of ran through a red light over close to Wadsworth. There is no appropriate number of traffic deaths. The only appropriate number is zero.”In order for there to be zero traffic-related deaths, Cowgill sees a need for system...

Hit-and-run suspect turns herself in after striking 2 teens in Miami Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

Police arrested a 40-year-old woman involved in a hit-and-run that injured two teens in Miami Beach. Carolina Celeste Araya Ortiz surrendered herself to authorities at the Miami Beach Police Department on Monday, at approximately 10:43, just after 7News aired a story about Mili Retamoza and Calvin Thomas speaking out about the incident. According to the police report, she was traveling northbound on Pine Tree Drive on Friday, passing the intersection of 26 Street, and intending to proceed northbound on Sheridan Avenue when the collision occurred. Araya Ortiz had a solid green traffic light when her vehicle struck the two young victims attempting to cross Sheridan Ave and Pine Tree Drive.The impact launched the victims approximately 20 feet forward, causing severe injuries. Police said, Araya Ortiz exited her vehicle and briefly interacted with the victims and two juvenile witnesses before fleeing the scene northbound on Sheridan Avenue. The report stated she failed to render aid or ...

Remains Wet With Times of Storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

The pattern will remain unsettled with a chance of daily rain and storms this week. Tropical moisture is forecast to continue to stream in our direction from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean and get trapped across the region with a stalled front over the Southeast United States. This will be the fuel the air needs along the daytime heat to help on and off storms develop and move from South to North. A few of the storms that form could produce pockets of heavy rain, gusty winds over 40 mph and frequent dangerous lightning. Best chance will be around interior locations and Florida Keys. Have a wonderful day South Florida and make it a safe one! Vivian GonzalezMeteorologist, AMS Certified WSVN Channel 7

Driver hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after car plunges into water in Yarmouth

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

A dive team responded to a crash in Yarmouth overnight that sent a vehicle into the water and the driver to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.Yarmouth fire crews responding to a reported crash around 10:30 p.m. Monday determined there was only one person in the submerged vehicle, officials said.The person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.The cause of the crash remains under investigation. No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Hannaford Supermarket recalls select ready-to-eat chicken wings due to mislabeling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

Hannaford Supermarkets is recalling select ready-to-eat chicken wings purchased from the deli department at all stores due to mislabeling.The chicken wings, purchased between Sept. 15, 2023 and Sept. 25, 2023, may be missing the “soy” allergen specification on its label. The sell-by dates are Sept. 17, 2023 through Sept. 30, 2023.The chicken wings impacted by this recall are:Cold Plain Savory Wings, 1 lb. UPC Code: 21279100000Cold Buffalo Wings, 1 lb. UPC Code: 21280100000Cold BBQ Wings, 1 lb. UPC Code: 21279300000Cold General Tso Wings, 1 lb. UPC Code: 21280000000Cold Salt and Vinegar Wings, 1 lb. UPC Code: 21280300000Customers should check their storage and freezer areas for this product and not eat the product. The items may be returned to your local Hannaford for a full refund. There have been no reports of illness or injury. All impacted products have been removed from sale.For more information or to answer any questions you may have, please contact you...

Column: Ecstasy or heartbreak? A roller-coaster Chicago Cubs season has reached the fork in the road.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

It all comes down to the final week for the Chicago Cubs, a team that has toyed with its fans emotions from opening day.Six road games against two playoff-bound teams, the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers, to decide whether the Cubs are October-worthy.For anxiety-ridden Cubs fans who’ve followed their team from Day 1, the obstacles to the postseason party couldn’t be more pronounced. One is the best team in baseball, with a lineup ESPN speculated could be the greatest of all time. The Cubs are not of the Braves’ “caliber,” some might say, but they did beat the Braves in two of three games at Wrigley Field in early August.The other is the Cubs’ longtime irritant from up Interstate 94, the traditionally overachieving Brewers, who have replaced the St. Louis Cardinals as the team’s archrival to a generation of fans. The Cubs’ turnaround this season can be traced directly to a wild 7-6, 11-inning win over the Brewers on July 4 in Milwa...

Who’s the point guard? Will DeMar DeRozan get extended? 4 questions the Chicago Bulls need to answer in the 2023-24 season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

The Chicago Bulls head to training camp in a week, which means the NBA season is just around the corner for a roster that has remained relatively untouched in the offseason.Ahead of media day and the team’s trip to Nashville for preseason camp, here are four questions the Bulls need to answer in the 2023-24 season.1. Who is the point guard?First things first, the Bulls need to figure out who’s running the offense.This has been the prevailing question since Lonzo Ball’s injury in January 2022. The Bulls have rotated through a series of less-than-ideal options: Ayo Dosunmu, Alex Caruso, Coby White. Each of these players has been treated as a stopgap, but that can’t be the status quo for a third consecutive season.White grew as a playmaker last year, but the Bulls never entrusted him with the starting role, which often fell to Caruso. But Caruso’s minutes have always been restricted by the effort required for his defensive rigor and his proclivity toward i...

Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng wins men’s all-around at the Asian Games. The Paris Olympics are next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng won the men’s all-around title Tuesday at the Asian Games, putting himself up as a name to watch at next year’s Paris Olympics.Zhang missed out on competing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but won the all-around title later in the year in Japan at the world championships.“Missing Tokyo was actually a very precious learning experience for me,” Zhang said in his biography for the Asian Games.Takeru Kitazono of Japan took silver, with bronze for Lan Xingyu of China.The all-around medal was one of the most high-profile events on Day 3 at the Asian Games.Other countries win medals at the Asian Games in addition to China, but it can be difficult to notice with the host country’s total dominance. Through 93 gold medals awarded so far, China has claimed 49. South Korea and Japan are far behind as China’s major challengers.ESPORTS MEDALSThailand won the first medal ever awarded at the Asian Games in esports, beating V...

More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded US program

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of additional students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.At schools where 25% of families participate in income-based public benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the federal government now will cover the cost of free meals for all enrolled students. Previously, the qualifying threshold was 40%.Roughly 3,000 additional school districts serving more than 5 million students will now be eligible, officials said.“While there is still more work ahead to ensure every K-12 student in the nation can access healthy school meals at no cost, this is a significant step on the pathway toward that goal,” said Stacy Dean, USDA deputy under secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. During the pandemic, Congress temporarily made universal meals free to all students, but that ended last year. ...

8 people electrocuted as floods cause deaths and damage across South Africa’s Western Cape

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:53 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Eight people including four children were killed by electrocution in two separate events after days of heavy rain caused floods in impoverished informal settlements near the South African city of Cape Town, emergency services said on Tuesday.Four people died in the Driftsands settlement on the eastern outskirts, the Cape Town Disaster Risk Management service said in a statement, as the floods caused problems with electricity connections. Four children were electrocuted and died in the Klipfontein settlement.Many homes in the poor townships on the outskirts of South Africa’s second-biggest city have makeshift electricity connections, where people hook their houses or shacks up to existing power lines themselves. They are illegal and dangerous, but relatively widespread.A storm front hit the Cape Town area and the larger Western Cape province for three days, causing rivers to burst their banks and flood residential areas and major roads, both in co...